Department of Homeland Security

The Office of National Drug Control Policy’s (ONDCP) Circular, Accounting of Drug Control Funding and Performance Summary, requires National Drug Control Program agencies to submit to the ONDCP Director, not later than February 1 of each year, a detailed accounting of all funds expended for National...

The Office of National Drug Control Policy’s (ONDCP) Circular, Accounting of Drug Control Funding and Performance Summary, requires National Drug Control Program agencies to submit to the ONDCP Director, not later than February 1 of each year, a detailed accounting of all funds expended for National...

This report is part of an ongoing audit to determine whether DHS has training strategies and capabilities in place to train the 15,000 new agents and officers the Department plans to hire. ICE plans to hire and train more than 10,000 agents and officers over the next 5 years. HSI and ERO leaders...

The Indiana Department of Homeland Security (Indiana) received $27.9 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds to disburse to eligible subgrantees for projects in 10 disasters declared from June 2004 to April 2014. Our objective was to...

We determined that that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) was caught by surprise when the President issued the Executive Order (EO) on January 27, 2017. DHS had little opportunity to prepare for and respond to basic questions about which categories of travelers were affected by the EO. We...

We determined that FEMA established the Sandy Claims Review Process (SCRP) in response to negative publicity and pressure from Members of Congress following Hurricane Sandy. In doing so, FEMA did not rely upon certain legislatively mandated internal controls designed to ensure appropriate payments...

We determined that DHS’ Suspension and Debarment Instruction is outdated and is missing needed definitions, as well as detailed requirements and procedures for documenting decisions on administrative agreements, which mandate improvements rather than suspending or debarring companies and...

We determined that Volunteer Energy Cooperative (Volunteer) accounted for and expended FEMA funds according to Federal regulations and FEMA guidelines. Volunteer properly accounted for and adequately supported its claim of $8.3 million for disaster-related activities. However, Volunteer’s...